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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. and for me, i had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words i heard the smaller i always felt! but the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and i really clung to it.
-Bear Grylls
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The Difference Between Ordinary And Extra-ordinary Is

Bear Grylls
The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. and for me, i had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words i heard the smaller i always felt! but the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and i really clung to it.
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